HOTEL REQUIREMENTS

THE GymRat CHALLENGE MAINTAINS A STRICT ‘STAY TO PLAY’ POLICY. ALL TEAMS NEEDING HOTEL SPACE ARE REQUIRED TO BOOK THROUGH THE GymRat CHALLENGE’S HOTEL LOGISTICS PARTNER HALPERN TRAVEL. TEAMS BOOKING HOTEL SPACE OUTSIDE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE EVENT SCHEDULE.
STAY TO PLAY

Because of the size and scope of the GymRat CHALLENGE events, ALL OF THE RATES THAT HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED THROUGH  HALPERN TRAVEL ARE CONTRACTUALLY GUARANTEED TO BE THE LOWEST RATES AVAILABLE TO ANY GUEST AT THAT HOTEL DURING THE EVENT WEEKEND.

HALPERN TRAVEL

ALL HOTEL-RELATED QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO OUR HOTEL LOGISTICS PARTNER, Halpern Travel. 

Halpern Travel has negotiated hotel blocks and rates for the 2024 GymRat CHALLENGE. The hotel booking link for the 2024 GIRLS GymRat CHALLENGE is https://www.halperntravel.com/event/gymrat-challenge-girls-event-2024

  • For those teams that wish to book their hotels over the phone with the assistance of a live booking agent: Halpern Travel’s toll free reservations line can be reached at 888.640.6400 Monday-Friday 8:30 AM-5:30 PM eastern time
  • Halpern Travel can also be reached by email info@halperntravel.com.
  • For escalation purposes, Halpern Travel’s Lead Agent for the GymRat CHALLENGE is Katie Burnia
  • Katie’s direct line is 978.219.5712 and her email address is kburnia@halperntravel.com
  • PRIOR TO BUILDING THE SCHEDULE, THE HALPERN SYSTEM WILL BE CROSS-CHECKED TO ENSURE THAT ALL TEAMS HAVE FOLLOWED THIS REQUIREMENT & BOOKED HOTEL SPACE THROUGH HALPERN. TEAMS BOOKING HOTEL SPACE OUTSIDE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY REMOVED FROM THE EVENT SCHEDULE.
SKYLAR BOLDEN

PICTURED: 15U Platinum Bracket MVP SKYLAR BOLDEN of Coach Walter Welsh’s New Heights NYC crew. A powerful post presence, BOLDEN led her New Heights team to the 2023 15U GymRat CHALLENGE Platinum Bracket Championship. Because the GymRat CHALLENGE was selected by USA Basketball as one of only six official qualifiers nationally, the victory earned New Heights an automatic bid into USA Basketball’s exclusive US OPEN Championship with the NCAA paying all real and necessary travel, hotel, and food expenses for them to compete in Memphis. In the GymRat “CHIP FOR THE TRIP” against Castle Athletics, Bolden was perhaps her most determined and dominant scoring the first 11 points of the contest to send a very loud early message.(Photo, Peter Barber, GymRat Staff)